This song is about how the eyes of a girl represent to him the eyes of God. The most obvious nature of God is holiness. And if you haven't noticed already, many thrice songs express the idea of HOLINESS BEING DANGEROUS. holiness is a force that refines, that cuts at you, that radiates into you and through you, that sacrifices the bad parts of you and kills them. It tests you, tests your will, looks deeply into you for imperfections and helps you see yourself as what you are: a sinner who doesn't deserve eternally life, because anything that is impure cannot live forever. That is obvious in chemistry, and physics, and in the Greek philosophical Platonic ideas of perfect "forms" that were faultless versions of earthly realities.
The eyes come at him speaking in tongues, burning in fire yet not burning itself, like the bush moses encountered. filled with the spirit, consuming him, hurting him, etc. "help me draw the dagger deeper" from IC means, help kill my impure nature and crucify it on the cross with Jesus. you have to understand the bible to understand these lyrics. HOLINESS HURTS. you stare at it too long and you will go blind, you will crack your teeth on pearls on its wisdom, you will take calculated risks (danger) to bless his name, you will smash your fists in mirrors trying to search for it. The eyes rest in flame and look at him, piercing his soul.
whenever you deal with God's holiness you will get hurt. its scary. but he also will heal you. he'll strike you deep and true but then you'll have new life later. its like surgery.
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This song is about how the eyes of a girl represent to him the eyes of God. The most obvious nature of God is holiness. And if you haven't noticed already, many thrice songs express the idea of HOLINESS BEING DANGEROUS. holiness is a force that refines, that cuts at you, that radiates into you and through you, that sacrifices the bad parts of you and kills them. It tests you, tests your will, looks deeply into you for imperfections and helps you see yourself as what you are: a sinner who doesn't deserve eternally life, because anything that is impure cannot live forever. That is obvious in chemistry, and physics, and in the Greek philosophical Platonic ideas of perfect "forms" that were faultless versions of earthly realities.
The eyes come at him speaking in tongues, burning in fire yet not burning itself, like the bush moses encountered. filled with the spirit, consuming him, hurting him, etc. "help me draw the dagger deeper" from IC means, help kill my impure nature and crucify it on the cross with Jesus. you have to understand the bible to understand these lyrics. HOLINESS HURTS. you stare at it too long and you will go blind, you will crack your teeth on pearls on its wisdom, you will take calculated risks (danger) to bless his name, you will smash your fists in mirrors trying to search for it. The eyes rest in flame and look at him, piercing his soul.
whenever you deal with God's holiness you will get hurt. its scary. but he also will heal you. he'll strike you deep and true but then you'll have new life later. its like surgery.